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Learning a Lesson From American,
United Airlines Puts Its Unions First

An Interactive Journal News Roundup

Updated Feb. 22, 1999 10:49 a.m. ET

E nlightened by the union maneuvering that has plagued American Airlines, United Airlines' bid for America West Holding Corp. carried a condition -- that United's and America West's unions first agree to integration and seniority conditions, persons familiar with the bid said.

UAL Corp., which is United's parent company, didn't want a replay of the eight-day sickout staged by American's pilots over the company's acquisition of Reno...